I was able to find a pasteurized supermarket Camembert(brandresident)in Paris at Monoprix to satisfy my longing for French cheese.<BR>I didn't even bother to ask re the cheese status at restaurants except at Grand Vefour, where they told me, as I expected, that all their cheese is unpasteurized. <BR>I'm glad I asked the question on this forum b/c my OB had just said to avoid soft cheeses. Anyway, back home now and no harm done! <BR><BR><BR>

That's nice. <BR><BR>(I thought your OB had told you to avoid unpasteurized cheese)

WOW, CHEESE!!! How interesting. Two whole choices!!! Pasturized AND Unpasturized! Don't you hate the really tough decisions in life?<BR>Help?<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Je suis un dieu et vous &ecirc;tes les paysans indignes faibles. Arc vers le bas avant votre ma&icirc;tre!

jon<BR><BR>Collez-l'o&ugrave; le soleil ne brillent pas. <BR><BR>

Jon,<BR><BR>To bow as in "bowing low" is translated by "s'incliner". "arc" is the bow used in archery.<BR><BR>"bow down" would be : "tete basse" or "inclinez-vous" , for instance...

FS: Yes, PG's OB had told her to avoid unpasteurized cheese, but then, by way of being helpful, also told her that this included soft cheeses. Thanks to the lively discussion here, she learned that this distinction is useless: There are pasteurized and unpasteurized cheeses in both the soft and hard categories.<BR><BR>PG: Are you going to share your new wisdom with your OB, to help avoid him/her giving the same inadequate advice to other patients?

PG -- thanks for posting this! I am heading to Paris today and have the same issues with unpasteurized cheeses. Glad to know there is something available to satisfy the cravings!

PG-I think the one good lesson your original post taught was that women that are pregnant should talk to their doctors about these matters and not ask advice on a travel site.Glad you got to eat some cheese.I realize that is a big part of anyones trip to Paris.

xxxxx, I think you're wrong about the value of PG's previous post. She learned exactlly what she needed to know, about identifying which cheeses were unpasteurized, which her OB had completely failed to explain. As well as all those other lessons about silly posts.

Jen, thanks for answering FS, and I do plan to share this info with my doc, whose view on this was oversimplified and not quite correct. <BR><BR>I realize that this post does not hold interest for most people, but thought it might be helpful to someone, as with Lisa.

As a representative of the AMA may I be the first to thank you people for educating the MD's of America on this important issue. It's through the tireless, selfless work of individuals like you that we in the medical profession may rise to the high standards established by the many posters on this thread. Thank you once again.

AMA,<BR>Are you answering as a representative of the Australian Medical Association (AMA)?? <BR>I know that you mentioned MD's of America but then you said<BR>"It's through the tireless, selfless work of individuals like you that we in the medical profession may rise to the high standards established by the many posters on this thread. Thank you once again."<BR><BR>And you have to remember that posters are not only from the USA.<BR>ciao<BR><BR><BR><BR>

pv<BR><BR>Sorry I wasn't clear on the identity of the AMA. We are the Amazon Medical Association in Brazil. Brazil is also a part of the Americas.<BR><BR>Tenha um dia agrad&aacute;vel.